Kenya: Tea Firms Wage Bill ‘To Hit’ 54%

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Tea multinationals say wages could account for over half their cost after trade unions issued a seven-day strike notice to force implementation of a 30 per cent salary rise awarded by court in 2014. The Kenya Agricultural and Plantation Workers’ Union says tea workers will down tools on October 17 paralysing activities at the international firms, which account for 40 per cent of tea produced in the country.